Intracorporeal pneumatic shock application for the treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis: a randomized, double blind prospective clinical trial |
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| Authors: | Yunus Dogramaci Aydiner Kalaci Anıl Emir Ahmet Nedim Yanat Ahmet Gökçe |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Medical Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey;(2) Department of Urology, Medical Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | Objective Plantar fasciitis (PF) is a common clinical condition that usually resolves with non-operative treatments. Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has been used in the treatment of chronic PF not responding to other conservative measures; however, ESWT devices are expensive and available for daily practice in only few centers (In developing countries). A pneumatic lithotripter is a cheap and readily available device which uses pneumatic shock application for the intracorporeal lithotripsy. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical efficacy of intracorporeal pneumatic shock therapy (IPST) application for the treatment of chronic PF using a cheap and readily available pneumatic lithotripter. |
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